Alireza - No, Martin shouldn't be batting 8th. Blake should be. But right now Martin is stinking it up and definitely shouldn't be batting 6th. I am not sure what Torre is thinking, but batting Martin that high in the line-up is killing the offense. Like I said, bat Martin 8th, he'll get a lot of walks, but he'll also get that confidence back.

Umm nic...this is the 5th? start that McDonald has been awful. And he really is not getting hit hard. He is giving away games with walks. If it is a mechanical problem or not, I think he needs a trip to AAA.

Well my issue is that people like Stults even are getting killed by falling behind in counts. And from watching these games, they seem to be missing in all the same spots signaling that its a mechanical problem not being taken care of. If that isn't Honeycutt's problem, then I dont know what is.

Weaver was effective in his time as a spot starter with St. Louis. I mean seriously, this is the first Dodger team in memory where all we need our pitching to be is merely serviceable and to not give away games. McDonald now has 20 BBs in less than 18 innings. Perhaps he will come through for us later in the year, but clearly he needs to work it out else where for now.